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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index b05ab8f2a56..949eba1d5ba 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -58,15 +58,17 @@ unsigned long badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime)
/*
* Processes which fork a lot of child processes are likely
- * a good choice. We add the vmsize of the children if they
+ * a good choice. We add half the vmsize of the children if they
* have an own mm. This prevents forking servers to flood the
- * machine with an endless amount of children
+ * machine with an endless amount of children. In case a single
+ * child is eating the vast majority of memory, adding only half
+ * to the parents will make the child our kill candidate of choice.
*/
list_for_each(tsk, &p->children) {
struct task_struct *chld;
chld = list_entry(tsk, struct task_struct, sibling);
if (chld->mm != p->mm && chld->mm)
- points += chld->mm->total_vm;
+ points += chld->mm->total_vm/2 + 1;
}
/*
@@ -136,12 +138,12 @@ unsigned long badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime)
*
* (not docbooked, we don't want this one cluttering up the manual)
*/
-static struct task_struct * select_bad_process(void)
+static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned long *ppoints)
{
- unsigned long maxpoints = 0;
struct task_struct *g, *p;
struct task_struct *chosen = NULL;
struct timespec uptime;
+ *ppoints = 0;
do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
do_each_thread(g, p) {
@@ -169,9 +171,9 @@ static struct task_struct * select_bad_process(void)
return p;
points = badness(p, uptime.tv_sec);
- if (points > maxpoints || !chosen) {
+ if (points > *ppoints || !chosen) {
chosen = p;
- maxpoints = points;
+ *ppoints = points;
}
} while_each_thread(g, p);
return chosen;
@@ -237,12 +239,15 @@ static struct mm_struct *oom_kill_task(task_t *p)
return mm;
}
-static struct mm_struct *oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p)
+static struct mm_struct *oom_kill_process(struct task_struct *p,
+ unsigned long points)
{
struct mm_struct *mm;
struct task_struct *c;
struct list_head *tsk;
+ printk(KERN_ERR "Out of Memory: Kill process %d (%s) score %li and "
+ "children.\n", p->pid, p->comm, points);
/* Try to kill a child first */
list_for_each(tsk, &p->children) {
c = list_entry(tsk, struct task_struct, sibling);
@@ -267,6 +272,7 @@ void out_of_memory(gfp_t gfp_mask, int order)
{
struct mm_struct *mm = NULL;
task_t * p;
+ unsigned long points;
if (printk_ratelimit()) {
printk("oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x%x, order=%d\n",
@@ -278,7 +284,7 @@ void out_of_memory(gfp_t gfp_mask, int order)
cpuset_lock();
read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
retry:
- p = select_bad_process();
+ p = select_bad_process(&points);
if (PTR_ERR(p) == -1UL)
goto out;
@@ -290,7 +296,7 @@ retry:
panic("Out of memory and no killable processes...\n");
}
- mm = oom_kill_process(p);
+ mm = oom_kill_process(p, points);
if (!mm)
goto retry;